Judge upholds FOI law in New Haven police promotions suit

Attorney Patricia Cofrancesco works with a client in her East Haven office. Photo-Peter Casolino

Attorney Patricia Cofrancesco works with a client in her East Haven office. Photo-Peter Casolino

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Attorney Patricia Cofrancesco works with a client in her East Haven office. Photo-Peter Casolino

Attorney Patricia Cofrancesco works with a client in her East Haven office. Photo-Peter Casolino

Judge upholds FOI law in New Haven police promotions suit

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NEW HAVEN — Judge W. Glen Pierson has denied the motion of an area lawyer that the city be restricted from making public the disciplinary records of New Haven police officers who are suing the city.

Six officers are suing the city for passing them over for promotion, and the city contends that the information is relevant as to why officers may not get promoted.

In essence, according to the New Haven Independent, attorney Patricia Cofrancesco was asking the judge to suspend in part the Freedom of Information Act, which the newspaper and WTNH invoked to compel disclosure of the disciplinary records.

At the end of the short hearing Monday, Pierson turned down the motion put forth by Cofrancesco, who represents the officers who weren’t promoted to sergeant and lieutenant posts in 2015.